Category Archives: Red Deer

Third man sought in extortion investigation involving three foreign nationals
RCMP in Alberta have laid charges as part of an ongoing extortion investigation involving three foreign nationals, but they also need the public's help.RCMP said late last week that on Oct. 31 and Nov...
Mar 02, 2026

Blackfalds town council passes taxi bylaw amendment
Blackfalds town council unanimously approved a taxi bylaw amendment to accommodate more drivers.At last week's regular town council meeting on Feb. 24, council passed the amendment to reduce the 10-ye...
Mar 02, 2026 (Image Credit: ID 43584523 © Oliver Perez | Dreamstime.com)

Echo Lacombe surpasses 1,000,000 pounds of food rescued
Echo Food Rescue in Lacombe is celebrating having surpassed 1,000,000 pounds of food rescued.All that food, they say, would've otherwise ended up in the landfill."This was accomplished with just a han...
Mar 02, 2026 (Image Credit: Supplied)

Located: Emily Fettes, 33, of Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP report as of March 3 at 12:35 p.m., Emily Fettes has been located safe. RCMP thank the public and media for their assistance.
Mar 02, 2026 RCMP (Image Credit: EGP Staff)

UPDATE: Red Deer RCMP make arrest of Swan Hills man sought since failure to appear
In an update provided Feb. 27, Red Deer RCMP say Kevin Babcock, a 47-year-old man from Swan Hills, Alberta, has been arrested.He was taken before a Justice of the Peace and is slated to appear in a Re...
Feb 27, 2026

Red Deer Mounties arrest man for alleged assault
A man has been arrested and charged with assault causing bodily harm for an incident alleged to have taken place Feb. 3, according to Red Deer RCMP.Mounties say they responded to a call of an assault ...
Feb 27, 2026

Alberta woman sentenced to eight years for killing of girl found in hockey bag
A woman who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of an eight-year-old girl found dead in a hockey bag in central Alberta has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Ashley Rattlesnake is to be...
Feb 27, 2026

Stettler man sentenced in downtown Red Deer weapons seizure
It's nearly two-and-a-half years in jail for a Stettler man charged following an incident in downtown Red Deer in 2024. Donald Jack Bosma, 57, was sentenced in Red Deer Court of Justice on Feb. 11, 20...
Feb 27, 2026 Red Deer Justice Centre (Image Credit: Josh Hall/rdnewsNOW)

Sentencing date set in fatal crash south of Wetaskiwin
Sentencing has been set for a central Alberta man charged in a fatal two-vehicle collision last summer. Maskwacis resident Terrance Leon Buffalo, 36, is scheduled for sentencing in Wetaskiwin Court of...
Feb 27, 2026

Innisfail Mountie in hospital after vehicle rams unmarked police car
Mounties in Alberta say one of their officers is in hospital after an SUV rammed an unmarked police car on the side of a highway. RCMP say the officer was investigating a crash near the town of Innisf...
Feb 27, 2026